January 2022

Erik Echols, assistant director for the Writing & Communication Center, has a box of magnets and fidget spinners on his desk to help students have fun while they talk about the serious work of becoming stronger, more confident writers and communicators.

As a working professional, Annuska Zolyomi, now assistant teaching professor at UW Bothell, noticed a lack of knowledge about how technology can assist people with autism. It motivated her to get her Ph.D. and generate the findings herself. 

Michael Cho, STEM student at UW Bothell, was awarded a Mary Gates Research Scholarship to explore topics in artificial intelligence that could have lasting effects on fair and equitable technology. 

Students on UW Bothell’s speech and debate team live out Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy by being advocates and by mentoring local youth to do the same. 

To better prepare students for successful careers, UW Bothell Lecturer Gary Carpenter uses his decade-long research into creativity to teach students how to think across academic disciplines.